Filing ‘13’ Immediately After Renewing a Title Loan Might Be Bad Faith
Reversing the bankruptcy court, a district court says that renewing a title loan before filing might bar confirmation of a chapter 13 plan.
Former Broncos Backup QB Files for Bankruptcy
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‘Results Obtained’ Can Justify Cutting Fees by 50%, Sixth Circuit Says
In fee allowances, considering ‘results obtained’ survived the 1994 amendments to Section 330(a).
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A Solvent Estate Must Be ‘Likely’ to Confer Standing on an Individual Chapter 7 Debtor
The Seventh Circuit doesn’t accept a debtor’s asset schedules as gospel in deciding whether there is appellate standing.
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Licensed Attorney Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud, Agrees to Disbarment
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Retirees Breathe a Sigh of Relief: A Golf Cart Can Be an Exempt Motor Vehicle
Surprisingly, no court had previously ruled on whether a golf cart can be exempt.
First Circuit BAP Limits the Student Loan ‘Borrower Defense’
The First Circuit BAP suggests that invocation of the borrower defense with regard to dischargeability of student loans requires exhaustion of administrative remedies in the Department of Education.
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Ninth Circuit Invited to Sit En Banc Regarding Dischargeability of Disciplinary Costs
The Ninth Circuit again questions the Supreme Court’s ‘atextual’ analysis of Section 523(a)(7).
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